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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="18-1606" title_number="18" title_name="Charles County" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Licensing Conditions; Multiple Licensing Plans">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not have a direct or indirect interest in more than two of the following licenses in any combination:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Class B–H (hotel) on–sale beer, wine, and liquor licenses issued under § 18–902 of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Class B–R (restaurant) on–sale beer, wine, and liquor licenses issued under § 18–904 of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Class B–RB (restaurant/bar) on–sale beer, wine, and liquor licenses issued under § 18–905 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An indirect interest is presumed to exist between any combination of persons if any of the following conditions exist between them:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a common parent company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a franchise agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a licensing agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a concession agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>dual membership in a chain of businesses commonly owned and operated;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a sharing of directors, stockholders, partners, or members, or a sharing of directors, stockholders, partners, or members of parents or subsidiaries;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>common direct or indirect sharing of profit from the sale of alcoholic beverages; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>a sharing of a common trade name, trademark, logo, or theme or mode of operation identifiable by the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
